Oil chemist Selina Wang at University of California, Davis, published a study on avocado oil in the journal Food Control (2020). She purchased avocado oil from stores around the USA as well as on line and subjected it to careful chemical analysis. Most of the oils were rancid, many were adulterated, and three tested out as more than 90% soybean oil. Because there are no official standards for avocado oil in the US, there is no regulation. I am an olive oil producer in California and so I have an inside view of the industry. If you buy inexpensive olive oil in the supermarket in a clear plastic bottle with a Mediterranean origin, it is almost certainly refined oil. It was old, rancid oil from which the rancid odors and flavors were cleaned up by steam distillation or extraction with solvents. This destroys most of the polyphenols, which as Dr. Gundry points out are one of the chief health values of olive oil. If you want good olive oil expect to pay at least $10 for a half liter bottle. The container should protect the oil from light, and the label should indicate the harvest date (not the use-by date); you want fresh oil of the current year harvest.

Both avocado oil and olive oil are healthy oils and switching to them instead of seed oils (veg oil) is a good thing. Both will work fine for cooking or salads. Beware that both industries will add seed oil if they can get away with it, so look for quality in either. There are much bigger issues affecting your health then pitting avocado oil and olive oil against each other.

As an extra virgin olive oil producer from Southern Italy, with more than 2000 ancient olive trees, we are steeped in the tradition of cultivating and savoring our own olive oil. It's a ritual that's been passed down through generations and is part of our everyday lives. From my 2-year-old son to my vigorous 85-year-old father, who tenderly tends his olive trees as if they were his own children, we all relish the oil that our land generously offers us. This is not just olive oil for us; it's a lifestyle, a passion, and a connection to our roots that fuels our health and longevity. It's my belief that every drop of our olive oil is a testament to the vibrant, nourishing Mediterranean lifestyle that we are blessed to live. Choose genuine, choose local, choose health - embrace the essence of extra virgin olive oil!

Entire food system is disgusting in this country.

I use both oils, avocado oil for high temperature cooking including barbecuing, and I use cold pressed extra virgin olive oil for an additive for eating and low temperature cooking.

But the olive oil industry also puts other oils in for profit. This has been shown time and time again by various US consumer protection organizations.

The good doctor mentioned other oils are often added to avocado oil. I have heard the same thing is happening to olive oil.

So glad Dr. Gundry let us know what to look for to ensure we purchase a quality EVOO.

If it’s smoking, it’s burning ! And burning oil releases carbons that you don’t want to eat. I’ll stick with coconut oil when cooking and use extra virgin olive oil in my salads, thank you very much! 😘

This was a really good informative vid. Thank you.

Great information 🔥

Another great discussion. Thank you very much.

Thank you dr gundry for your health contribution Blessings

Small containers really makes sense. Thanks

Counterfeit olive oil is also a big concern and has been for decades. Best to buy either Marian's or Chosen oils for purity and freshness.

Thank you Dr Gundry and team very much for sharing your insights and wisdoms filled videos always !! Intelligent and educational !! Outstanding !! Greetings from California … I wish you and folks good health, success and happiness !! Much Love ✌️😎💕

Whoa! You gave the tldr right at the beginning of the video! You‘re supposed to drag it along like those other videos! Keep up the good work!

Thanks very much for making this video!❤🙂👍

Your information is priceless...

Thanks for all your great advice. I really enjoy watching your videos, they provide a lot of knowledge and are very helpful on a daily basis in choosing food when shopping, etc. Thank you ❤✨

A good olive oil can be expensive, but unless you are using buckets of it per week, it is worth the added dollars.

Chosen Foods has high quality avocado oil, but I only recommend it over Olive Oil for making mayo or something that requires a lighter flavored oil, otherwise it's not any better than a good quality extra virgin olive oil as he mentions.

Hi Dr, Gundry, I love the Primal Kitchen mayo but they use avocado oil, do you think it has omega 6 in it , is there a way to find out? I lover your olive oil btw!

Thank you Dr. Grundy.

The Avocado Oil I bought is made by California Olive Ranch, the same company that makes the Olive Oil. It is a blend, yes, but of 50% avocado oil and 50% extra virgin olive oil. So I think it is a good product. I’ll have to check out Perillo Oil. Interesting podcast. Thanks for the suggestion of buying small bottles. Makes perfect sense!

Thank you very much.

Do we have to be as careful to use up perilla oil once the bottle is opened like we do with olive oil due to oxidizing?

There are numerous olive oil brands and virtually every bottle says it is extra virgin etc. But there have been concerns about adulteration. How are we supposed to spot that? Is price a reliable way? What else?

I personally love macadamia or walnut oil. Pure butter is probably safest to cook with at least it isn’t adulterated.

The only thing I think you should add is Extra Virgin Olive Oil is the one people should choose no just Olive oil. Extra Virgin has more polyphenols and benefits because it is produced with less heat and no solvents.

On this side of the world, unadultered cold pressed avocado oil can be gotten from New Zealand, and it's much more expensive than olive oil. So much so, I wouldn't use it for cooking. Instead, I put it on salads with pink salt: Sorry Dr. Gundry, but I like the taste. I stopped using commercial salad dressings years ago: too many "mystery" ingredients. Good avocado oil may not have tons of polyphenols, but it's an honest ingedient.

A lot of olive oils on the market are mixed with other lower quality olive oil. So just have to be careful with all these labels and brands. Hard to know what is really sold as described.

Thanks

A lot of extra virgin olive oil have other oils mixed in with them as well. Buyer beware.

Thank you Dr Gundry to comfirm my opion of avocado oil

This guy is always selling something! There are many other good doctors on youtube that give great advice without promoting their own products!

Ive been buying olive oil from Costco and also have Bragg olive oil and Atlas olive oil. I think those are some of the best. I hope so anyway.

@The Dr. Grundy Podcast / Can you please provide your opinion on Wagyu and Kobe Beef meats? My main concern is all the intra-muscular fat in the tissue in oppose to be located outside - around the muscle - Thank you!

Hi Dr. Gundry, I have a great question. Thanks so much for all your research and great products. I feel better then ever. Normally I buy Riviera Vegan coconut milk yogurt. The store was out so I bought Silk, but noticed in the ingredients list, it had Rice Starch. I was hesitant to buy it, but am wondering, is there anything wrong with Rice starch in coconut yogurt? Thx for all your research, and helping me to feel like a million dollars. much appreciation, Richard

Thank you for that information. My primary use for avocado oil is to make my homemade mayonnaise with which I make cabbage and broccoli slaws. Oh, with the perilla oil, isn't it from a seed? I've been reading about seed oils being dangerous. Is the perilla an exception?

You know what would astonish people these days? A KZfaq video that doesn’t have a ridiculously hyperbolic title. Ffs, there’s exactly NOTHING in this video that could be perceived as shocking.

Sir, thanks for the video. I got a brand from the store. I am getting red spots on my arms and very etch. I stop using it. As I read other items. Will they do the same thing. Thanks

I need a good oil to make homemade mayo. So how do I do that? Other than that I use evoo or coconut oil.

Hi, Dr. Gundry. I heard that the whole point of using a cooking oil with high smoking point is to prevent hydrogenation of oil that produces trans fats. Could you comment if this is a legitimate concern?

FYI: Dr Gundry neglects to mention that there is a larger amount of adulteration with olives available in the U.S. market.

I've heard that a high quality of olive oil has very low acidity in it in Europe. But most of them don't show it on bottles in US.

Protip: a (half litre) bottle of the better olive oils, often end up around 10-20 EUR / USD in the consumer market. Although not an absolute guarantee for quality - a good measure to weed out lesser qualities.

I feel you can use both. I take a spoonful of olive oil everyday. We also eat an avacodo almost everyday. So I feel I can cook with both, depending on what I am cooking.

My wife prefers avocado oil to olive oil. I always go with olive oil and I buy mine from GundryMD.

Thank you dr🙏 What about camellia oil?could you please tell us benefits of camellia oil ? Thanks a lot 🙏.

Hi Dr Gundry. I’m American Italian. Olive oil is only one ever. Question. Even though I use it often just about once twice a day doesn’t have time to get rancid Once opened can you put in fridge ? I never saw my grandparents etc do this. Just wondering 💕🌻🥰☕️

Does dr Gundry recommend flax seeds, in addition to the flax oil, for the omega 3? Is flax high or low in lectins? I always worry about flax oil being rancid (I think its high in lignans both those are something else, and healthful)

I buy the cold pressed costco Oliver oil, good? They're not cheap, like $16 per bottle.

This difference is not so terribly SHOCKING.

If you are to cook food use butter or beef lard . Olive and avocado oil are to be served cold like in a salad.

How about sesame oil? I have what's called a vata disorder in Ayurveda medicine, and I was told sesame oil is better for my constitutional type than olive oil. And I seem to feel more balanced when I use sesame oil rather than olive oil for my salad dressing.

Equal amount of polyphenols present in mustard oil which is more cheaper and more easily avilable

I've been putting a little evoo in my coffee lately. Stopped using creamer after seeing your video about what it does to the polyphenols in coffee.

In Philippines we have plenty of avocado - the only problem with avocado oil, still its very expensive. We prefer coconut or olive oil most of the time.

What about canola oil! You mentioned it is good for the heart?

I like to combine light olive oil and avocado oil for making mayonnaise. But I make my own avocado oil.

I only use Avocado oil for frying eggs. It gives exceptional flavour to the eggs.

Dr. Gundry, what is your opinion on Green Pastures Concentrated Butter?Concentrated butter oil is a natural source of vitamin A , K and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). Made from the milk of grass-fed cows, and concentrated through centrifugation, this nutrient-rich butter oil is an excellent source of healthy fats. Are you saying this is 'bad' to ingest? It contains, what was once call Activator X and is now know as vitamin K.

I just bought some high-quality macadamia nut oil. Dr. Gundry, what is your opinion on that?

How do you rate macadamia oil

Search for Selo olive oil. It's expensive, but the quality is unprecedented. Use it as a medicine (take one to two tablespoons daily).

It's best to eat the whole food of each fruit (minus the seed itself, of course).

I saw a consumer report about EVOO and they said you can't really do any better than Costco EVOO. Anybody have an opinion on this?

In Australia, one can get fresh affordable Avocado all year round, so there is no reason to buy extracted Avocado oil. Any processed cooking oil can be adulterated for commercial reason.

In Europe it is very dificult and expensive to get Perilla oil. I guess than is Extra virgin olive oil the best choice. What' s about the raffinated organic olive oil extra made for frying?

How do you know when an oil has gone rancid? Is it just by the smell, or does it actually have a funky taste?

So if we buy high quality avocado oil it's ok for the few times we need the high smoke point? It's about the quality and avoiding the $.99 store no-brand generics, is Costco's ok?

I started using avocado oil a couple of years ago because of all the points you made. I am so glad that you mentioned flaxseed at the end because of the condition of our oceans I've started using flaxseed in my cooking for the omega 3.

Flaxseed is estrogenic and really hard to digest it goes through so much to get what you see as the oil.

I buy both, I don’t worry too much which has the most polyphenols.

Love it 🔥

So we can cook everything in High Heat?

So why does coconut oil oxidize more when cooking (than olive oil)? I thought coconut oil was saturated - making it resistant to oxidation ? I’m still at minute 6 so maybe he says

What about culinary argan oil?

A question not related to oils… I understand antibiotics and NSAID’s are bad and wreck havoc on our guts and more. But for those who have to be on the treatment temporarily how can they recover from it afterwards?

I started purchasing olive oil from Olive Oil Lovers online. Guaranteed 100% pure olive oil from Olive oil producing areas such as Spain, Italy, California, etc. So far, so good.

Why not hemp seed oil? It stays liquid in the freezer.

So we cannot trust the labels on oils?

What is a good source of genuine Perilla oil? I already have a source of pure olive oil straight from a ranch of olive trees..

I hace COPD and Smoke and I do not get along to well. I end up having to take exacerbation drugs to get what I have left of my lungs. I cook with Avocado Oil and my salads are Extra Virgin Olive oil from Israel. I do stay away completely from seed oils.

What is perilo (sp?) oil???

Being Moroccan, I consume olive oil a lot, 2 liters per month :)

Avocados require a hell amount of water to grow. While the good old olive tree survives in drought, wind, salty air, sun and rain. Avocados are luxury, olives are life saving.

EVOO is a staple in my home. However, I do use avocado oil in my cast iron when I cook my steaks because of the high smoke point. So, I put this controversy to bed.

I am utterly SHOCKED by this. TRAUMATIZED, in fact, to hear the difference between olive and avocado oils. This man is bringing down knowledge from Mount Sinai.

Olec acid is claimed to be better than resveratrol in activating Sirt-1.

Perillo oil is a seed oil ?

Is Dr. talking about Perilla oil in the end of video? Never heard about it. I searched on KZfaq and found that it is popular in Korean food. They cook it with buckwheat noodles. I'm wondering if such recipe is healthy for low carb diet?

Live in New Zealand and only buy NZ olive and avo oils.......

My olive 🫒 oil doesn't have time to oxidize because only last a week before get in my stomach

I use refined avocado oil to make mayonnaise because of its neutral taste.

The purest and healthiest avocado oil is Bella Vado from Southern California and is family owned! Love their garlic infused avocado oil! Check them out online. (I am not in anyway affiliated with them.) A video of their operation is on KZfaq.

I think Dr Gundry would like this…The BBC’s Radio 4 station has a long-established weekly programme called “In Our Time” hosted by Melvyn Bragg. This morning’s episode was all about the Mitochondria organelles that power all animal and plant cells…and ultimately life. Absolutely fascinating listen for anybody who’s interested in the very fundamentals that keep us ticking!

I decided to use lard

I cook with beef fat/butter but oils adding raw in salads